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Hertwig & Company
produced porcelain dolls & figurines in their factory in the
Thuringia area in Germany from about 1864 to 1941. They are
best known for their all bisque Snow Babies and Nanking Dolls with
bisque heads & limbs with a cloth cotton (nanking) stuffed
body. Also, exclusive to the American market were the Pet Name
china head dolls made by Hertwig.
Their dolls can be All bisque dolls;
Animals, Bathing Beauties, Character dolls, Doll house dolls, Kewpies,
Nodders, Pet Name china head dolls, Piano Babies, Snow Babies, also
Half dolls & other figurines. |
| Child
Shoulder Head, 8 - 12" tall, bisque shoulder head with
cloth body, bisque limbs, molded hair, closed mouth.
Mold numbers: Germany,
104, 150, 175, 385, 386 or unmarked. |
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Child
Shoulder Head,
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| Bisque Doll with
molded clothing, various sizes, all bisque doll, jointed at
shoulders & sometimes hips, painted hair & facial
features, molded painted detailed clothing, marked: Germany or
unmarked. |
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Bisque
with
molded clothing
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| Nanking Doll, various
sizes, bisque head & limbs with cloth cotton (nanking) stuffed
body, molded painted hair, marked: Germany or unmarked |
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Nanking
doll |
| 1895 + Pet Name China
Head Doll, various sizes, made only for the American
market, bisque shoulder head, cloth body, bisque lower limbs,
molded painted hair & facial features, painted boots.
Marked with dolls name printed in gold on front, names are: Agnes,
Bertha, Daisy, Dorothy, Edith, Florence, Helen, Mabel, Marion,
Pauline & Ruth. |
1905
Marion, Pet Name China Head |
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